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Reassessing New Year’s Resolutions

Life Time Dynamic Personal Trainers share their thoughts on New Year’s resolutions — and offer tips for sticking to your healthy-living goals all year long.
By Emily Ewen

Survey Says: Building Muscle Is a Top Fitness Focus for 2023

A recent survey reveals that building muscle topped weight loss for the most popular fitness goal in 2023.
By Emily Ewen

Talks — S6, EP3 / How to Detox With Whole Foods

Learn how to detox your body with a whole-foods approach that feels far from depriving — and that can support nearly everyone in feeling and functioning better.

With Anika Christ, RD, CPT

Why Strength Training Can Be One of the Fastest Ways to Get Results

Five benefits of this type of exercise effort.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Do You Need a Heart-Rate Monitor?

Are these devices really worth it? A Life Time trainer shares the influence they can have on your training regimen and outcomes.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

How to Increase Your VO2 Score

And why it's a marker for you to care about.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Is Adrenal Fatigue a Real  Thing?

Learn about this energy-depleting hormonal condition.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Kaltun Karani ‘s Success Story

How relinquishing a numbers-focused approach to health and wellness helped one woman reconnect with her body and its needs.
By Kaltun Karani

Advice From a Trainer: 5 Tips for a Successful D.TOX

The top strategies for success this trainer learned after going through the Life Time D.TOX program multiple times.
By The LTH Nutrition Team

Metabolism Changes With Age — Just Not When You Might Think

Metabolism peaks in infancy, according to a recent study.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard

3 Fitness Practices to Support Your Metabolism

Three fitness practices that can support your metabolic function — no "hacking" required.
By Nicole Radziszewski

8 Ways to Resist Diet Culture and Embrace Weight-Neutral Health

Our society’s obsession with dieting can damage our health. These eight strategies can help.
By Jill Patton, NBC-HWC

Talks — S4, EP12 / Is Intermittent Fasting Right for You?

Intermittent fasting is referred to in various terms — 16:8, alternate-day fasting, 5:2, time-restricted eating. But even if you’re simply just choosing to wait to eat until your first hunger pang, this practice can result in some significant and positive health effects when done thoughtfully. Paul Kriegler, RD, LD, CPT, walks through the different methods of this dietary approach, including the benefits it can provide and guidance for those interested in trying it.

With Paul Kriegler, RD, LD, CPT

Talks — S4, EP7 / Straight From the Coaches: Your Health & Fitness Questions, Answered

What do I do if I’m not seeing results? How often do I need to exercise? How many calories should I be eating? Life Time coaches Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, and Lindsay Ogden, CPT, join us to answer the most common health and fitness questions they hear from our members — including these ones and more.

With Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT and Lindsay Ogden, CPT

Talks — S4, EP5 / Thyroid Health: How to Identify Imbalances + Tips for Support

Thyroid issues are prevalent: An estimated one in seven people are affected, with even more suffering from an imbalance — and many not even aware that their thyroid is behind their symptoms. Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT, shares the signals our thyroid might be sending us, the tests to ask for, and the lifestyle habits we can implement in our daily lives to nourish and support our thyroids.

With Samantha McKinney, RD

What to Do When You’ve Fallen “Off the Wagon”

We all experience bumps in the road when going after health goals. Here’s how to make sure it remains a bump and not a derailment.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Why Do Some Women Gain Weight on the Keto Diet?

In her new book, Women, Food, and Hormones, Sara Gottfried, MD, discusses the keto paradox and why a traditional keto diet tends to work better in men than in women.
By Sara Gottfried, MD

Megan Larsen’s Success Story

When Megan Larsen traded her sedentary suburban life for a rural hobby farm, she lost 170 pounds and was able to climb back in the saddle.
By Megan Larsen

How Procrastination Can Sabotage Your Weight-Loss Goals

Plus, five ways to stop delaying your health and fitness efforts.
By Samantha McKinney, RD, CPT

Added Sugar Doubles Liver-Fat Production

Even moderate amounts of added sugar in our diets can negatively affect our liver, according to a recent study.
By Molly Tynjala King
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